# AGORANOV

> AGORANOV is a VC fund in Paris backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 313 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 313
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/agoranov
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Agoranov_innov
- Website: http://www.agoranov.com/

Agoranov is a public Science & Tech incubator that provides mentorship, office space, funding, and consultancy services to startups. The company is based in Paris.Agoranov has supported more than 380 startups that have already created more than 7,000 direct jobs and raised €700 million from private funds. Among them Criteo (NASDAQ: CRTO),Anevia, Biophytis, Gensight and Pixium listed on Alternext, or Aldebaran, Dataiku, Doctolib, Point Vision and Ynsect. Agoranov, founded by the Universities Pierre and Marie Curie and Paris-Dauphine, Ecole Normale Supérieure, ParisTech, and INRIA, is supported by the Ministry of Research and Higher Education, the Ile de France Region, the City of Paris and the European Social Fund. Agoranov provides its 60 incubated with personalized support, a state-of-the-art acceleration program, quality accommodation in the center of Paris and a rich community of several hundred entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 48 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 33 | 11% |
| Health Care | 29 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 27 | 9% |
| Biotechnology | 26 | 8% |

169 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 126 | 40% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 36 | 12% |
| Seed | 5 | 2% |
| Series A | 2 | 1% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 0% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 144 | 46% |
| United States | 5 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 0% |
| Finland | 1 | 0% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elise Gilles | Administrative and Accounting Manager | 0 | — |
| Jean Charles Pomerol | President | 0 | — |
| Aurore Deligny | Project Manager | 0 | — |
| Emmanuel VINCENT | Head Of Biotechnologies | 0 | — |
| Jean-Michel Dalle | Director | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Karavela | Karavela is a company developing a "foundation model" of the human brain using large-scale brain imaging data (like MRI) and AI. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Revolty | Revolty is a cleantech energy transition startup refurbishing second life batteries for affordable solar energy storage. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| HyReveal | HyReveal is an AI-driven subsurface hydrogen exploration and monitoring platform accelerating clean energy discovery. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Eleya | Eleya is an AI platform generating digital twins for real time audience research and insights. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| A51 | A51 is a Biotechnology Research firm offering programmable RNA for cellular modulation. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Skelter | Skelter is an AI powered audit automation platform for boosting financial review accuracy and productivity. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Mirega | Mirega is a miniaturized gas analyzers and tunable optical filters advancing precise environmental measurement. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Hado | Hado is a Software Development firm offering an AI based tracking system for Digital Content. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Retras | Retras is a health and wellness firm developing AI based rehabilitation devices. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| VoltaBack | VoltaBack is a Software Development firm offering employee platform with electric vehical to calculate cost of charge to get reimburse. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 313 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [WILCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scientipole-initiative) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Climate-KIC Acceleration Programme](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-kic-acceleration-programme-eit) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Creative Destruction Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-destruction-lab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kurma Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurma-life-science-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does AGORANOV invest in?

AGORANOV invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Funding Round and Non-equity Assistance stage. Most of the 313 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact AGORANOV?

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### Who are the partners at AGORANOV?

The team at AGORANOV includes Elise Gilles (Administrative and Accounting Manager), Jean Charles Pomerol (President) and Aurore Deligny (Project Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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